Beloved Community Center | Organizing for justice, equality, dignity, worth and the enormous potential of all people

WHO WE ARE

The Beloved Community Center of Greensboro, North Carolina (BCC) is a community-based, grassroots empowerment oriented organization. Rooted in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy of proactive struggles for racial and economic justice, democracy and beloved community, the BCC is committed to grassroots empowerment, especially among minorities, within the context and spirit of forging a beloved community for all residents.

OUR MISSION

The mission of the Beloved Community Center of Greensboro is to foster and model a spirit of community based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of a “Beloved Community.” in this spirit, we envision and work toward social and economic relations that affirm and realize the equality dignity, worth and potential of every person.

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BCC Updates

Michelle Obama Urges North Carolina A&T Grads to Help Change the World

Monday, May 14, 2012

By Joyce Jones |Bet.com

(Photo Credit: Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

First Lady Michelle Obama invoked the memory of the Greensboro Four, a group of students at North Carolina A&T University who led lunch counter protests at Woolworth’s in 1960, in a commencement speech she delivered at the school on Saturday. After being refused service because of their skin color, they repeatedly returned to the store, each time accompanied by even more African-Americans. Their actions inspired others to do the same across the South, which forced Woolworth’s to end its discriminatory treatment.

"It all started because a small group of young people had their eyes open to the injustices around them," she said. "It all started because they decided, as one of the four told the newspaper on the first day of the protests, that it was 'time for someone to wake up and change the situation.' And that, more than anything else, is the story of our nation’s progress right from the very beginning."

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BetterBuildings initiative helps homeowners install upgrades, save energy

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

By: Caroline Blair | News14 Carolina

GREENSBORO -- Thousands of dollars in home improvements are up for grabs in Greensboro. That's the message city officials are taking to the streets.

BetterBuildings for Greensboro is a federally funded program aimed at helping homeowners install upgrades to help save 10 to 50 percent in energy costs.

"For households that qualify for the grant component of our program, the city of Greensboro pays directly for the energy upgrades installed in those homes," said Barbara Harris, the development division manager. "For households above our income thresholds, they install the upgrades and they get rebates from our program."

As part of the neighborhood sweep, city leaders will walk door to door passing along information on the program. The $5 million BetterBuildings grant period ends next May.

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